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Other Fellow 



Look not every man on his own 
things, but every man also on 
the things of others. — saint Paul 



BY 

RICHARD W. LEWIS 

Evangelist, Editor and lecturer 

Author of "Preaching to Children," "AH Aboard, or Where 

Traveling and Why?" "What's a Man?" "Home 

Life Studies," "Lewis' S. S. Lesson Study Record," 

"Harnessing Young Colts," "The Devil's 

Diary," "Bible Topic Cards," Etc. 



Patriotic Edition 



THE S. A. MULLIKIN COMPANY 

Publishers 
MARIETTA, OHIO 



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Copyright, 1918 

THE S. A. MULLIKIN COMPANY 

Marietta, Ohio 



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INTRODUCTION 



To the "Other Fellow": 

Here is a book written for you. It is 
also a book about you. Don't read it all 
at once, as I did. Take it a chapter or a 
page or a thought or a rhyme at a time. 
When you think the author is too blunt, 
think again. When you think him harsh, 
take a square look at yourself and the 
world you know. When you think him 
bitter, ask yourself if it is not a whole- 
some bitterness, I have known Dick 
Lewis a long time and I never knew him 
to speak smooth things just in order to 
please. He believes the "other fellow" 
needs to be waked up. Is he right? 

Then, my dear "other fellow," get out 
into life and take the part of some "other 
fellow" still. Put yourself in that "other 



4 INTRODUCTION 

fellow's" place. Find your good in seek- 
ing the "other fellow's" good. That's the 
lesson the writer of this book wants you 
to learn. Learn it and you'll be happy. 

H o w long ? Always. 

F. K. F. 



PREFACE 

IN THE BEGINNING 

Let it be said, self seems to be the center 
of our times. There are many most re- 
freshing exceptions. But the rank and 
file of humanity thinks, speaks, acts, lives, 
moves and has its being around the one 
little life-center, S-E-L-F. 

It is unpleasant to believe it; it is em- 
barrassing to admit it; it is unpopular to 
state it. But facts are facts, just as surely 
as "Pigs is Pigs!" 

The every-day injunction to a parting 
friend, "Be good to yourself," is as sug- 
gestive of modern life's center as it is use- 



6 PREFACE 

less. The one thing all hands are doing is 
to take care of self. 

What we need in this busy, on-rushing 
age is to stop long enough to realize that 
there are two selves — this and that; and 
that the other self has its rights, just as 
well defined, and just as important, and 
just as sweet and sacred to him, as ours 
are to us. 

This book, "The Other Fellow," has 
been written to invite people to step 
around where the other fellow stands, and 
to there carefully consider his standpoint, 
and contemplate his rights from his view- 
point. 

There is little use to appeal to old hu- 
man fossils. Adults set in their ways can 
hardly be jostled out of the ruts even b) 
using a stick of dynamite ! But the young, 



PREFACE 7 

yes, the YOUNG — this appeal is espe- 
cially directed to them. 

Life is but a series of habits. Each day 
adds its installment. He who will study 
himself, know himself, watch himself in 
the light of the other fellow's interest, 
may easily discipline himself to display 
a beautiful and touching deference to- 
wards others. This makes the finished 
gentleman ! 

That some can be helped to consider 
the other fellow may be shown by the 
fact that the author of this book received 
an unfading impression many years ago 
from reading "Ourselves and Others," a 
little book written by Dr. H. Clay Trum- 
bull. In some sense that book may be 
said to have inspired this one. "Our- 
selves and Others" is most heartily 
commended to the public by this author 



8 PREFACE 

as unique, entertaining and character- 
building. 

Manhood has found its highest level in 
the life of the least self-centered of all 
men — the Christ-man. Nothing in all 
human experience has been so beautiful 
as His utter forgetfulness of self, and the 
constant thoughtfulness of others. 

That at least some may be led out of 
self into sympathetic touch with others, 
uplifting them and leading them into a 
higher order of life and labor for the 
honor of God and the help of humanity, 
this little volume has seen the light. 

The Author. 
Meridian, Miss. 





CO 

i. 


►NTENTS 


Chapter 


In the Home. 


Chapter 


ii. 


In the Class. 


Chapter 


in. 


In Society. 


Chapter 


IV. 


In Business. 


Chapter 


V. 


On the Train. 


Chapter 


VI. 


Under Burdens. 


Chapter 


VII. 


Behind the Bars. 


Chapter 


VIII. 


In Church. 


Chapter 


IX. 


In a Tight. 


Chapter 


X. 


In Politics. 


Chapter 


XI. 


In the Wrong. 


Chapter 


XII. 


In Trouble. 


Chapter 


XIII. 


In Prosperity. 


Chapter 


XIV. 


The Other Fellow's 
Other Self. 



An Editorial from "Life" 



WHEN IT'S THE "OTHER FELLOW." 
Have you ever noticed? When the 
Other Fellow acts that way he is "ugly;" 
when you do it's "nerves." When the 
Other Fellow is set in his ways he's 
"obstinate;" when you are, it is just 
"firmness." 

When the Other Fellow doesn't like 
your friends he's "prejudiced;" when 
you don't like his you are simply show- 
ing that you are a good judge of human 
nature. 

When the Other Fellow tries to treat 
someone especially well he is "toady- 
ing;" when you try the same game you 

are using a tact." 

11 



12 AN EDITORIAL FROM "LIFE" 

When the Other Fellow takes time to 
do things he is "dead slow;" when you 
do it you are "deliberate." 

When the Other Fellow spends a lot 
he is a "spendthrift;" when you do you 
are "discritninating." 

When the Other Fellow holds too 
tight to his money he is "close;" when 
you do you are "prudent." 

When the Other Fellow dresses extra 
well he's a "dude;" when you do it is 
simply "a duty one owes to society." 

When the Other Fellow runs great 
risks in business he's "foolhardy;" when 
you do you are a "great financier." 

When the Other Fellow says what he 
thinks, he's "spiteful;" when you do you 
are "frank." 

When the Other Fellow won't get 
caught in a new scheme, he's "back- 



AN EDITORIAL FROM "LIFE" 13 

woodsy;" when you won't you are "con- 
servative." 

When the Other Fellow goes in for 
music and pictures and literature, he's 
"effeminate;" when you do you are 
"artistic." 



The Other Fellow 



CHAPTER I 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN THE HOME 
It's a great thing to be a boy. Blessed 
is he who can say, "I've been one." It's 
a great thing to have been a boy in a 
home. Not in "a Home." The plain 
kind beats the padded sort. "A Home" 
is better than no home, however. But 
a boy in his father's home — his own 
home — must have company. Another 
boy comes. Then the fun begins. They 
waive formalities. There are no stereo- 
typed greetings. They stand and stare. 
The situation is being seized. "Where'd 
ye git it?" "Bought it." "Lemme see 

it." "Here, lemme show ye." Then the 

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16 THE OTHER FELLOW 

temptation: Who shall enjoy the new 
knife, the owner, or "the other fellow?" 
My word for it, nine times out of ten 
the visitor must be satisfied to cut with 
the old knife ! How early human nature 
crops out! "The other fellow" will pull 
the sled up the hill twice and ride down 
once — watch it. The dispensing of 
special privileges! 

Look at "the other fellow" riding be- 
hind on horseback — never before! "You 
can't manage him. He don't know you 
like he does me. 'Taint safe fer any- 
body but me!" 

Sometimes "the other fellow" is a 
hungry preacher. The small boy waits, 
watches and prays — that all that chicken 
won't enter the ministry! 

"O, it's lodged in the top of that tree! 
If you will climb up and git it, I'll let 
you hold the string next time!" Motto: 



THE OTHER FELLOW 17 

Use all the suckers you can! The world's 
full of them. Let them pay for their 
privileges. Hire someone to climb for 
your kite. It's dangerous to risk it. "Be 
good to yourself." 

Then they go fishing. Charles has a 
pole, a line, a hook, but no cork. He 
spits on his bait. Soon there's a bite. 
Then he jerks. Out he comes — a big, 
blue "cat!" Dick's heart goes pit-a-pat. 
His cork bobs gently, but not a nibble. 
It is the motion of the water. 
Charles pulls out another. This time 
"a whopper!" He's on the string. 
Quiet reigns, save in Dick's heart; it's 
all a-flutter. He breathes excitedly, ex- 
pectantly. Then Charles lands his 
third! Dick draws up his hook, and 
spits on his bait. Still there's "narry 
bite!" Big-hearted, sympathetic Charles 
says, "Put yer hook right there, where 



18 THE OTHER FELLOW 

I had mine, and you'll ketch the next 
one." Moving away eighteen inches, 
Charle9 swings his fourth. Dick gets 
his first nibble. He jerks, but only a 
baitless hook! When Charles had ten, 
Dick had two! Isn't that life? YouVe 
Seen two men fish in the sarrre hole for 
years, and one catch success, the other 
failure. Why? "The other fellow" 
sometimes seems to live a "charmed 
life." Luck? "Nope." No such thing. 
Put a "p" before it. There is PLUCK, 
but no luck. There's art in fishing. It's 
knowing how. Knowing before doing. 
The home boy and the visitor — "the 
other fellow," were told not to play ball 
in the house; but they did. In an evil 
moment it crushed through the glass. 
Later, when "the other fellow" had 
gone home, there was a reckoning, 
"Who did it?" But who could truth- 



THE OTHER FELLOW 19 

fully say? They both played. How easy 
to dodge behind uncertainty! Who 
would be the wiser? Why not? "The 
other fellow" is absent. Anyway, he 
would not be punished. Here's a crisis. 
Thus character is made or maimed. 
The world is full of sneaks. Get out of 
all you can. Saddle it on "the other 
fellow." Present ease, if future disease. 
"An honest confession" is hard to make, 
even if it is "good for the soul !" There's 
the other way: refuse to "squeal" on the 
culprit. Questionable gentility, but a 
common code of morals. Is a wrong- 
doer entitled to protection? Does 
protecting the culprit expose the com- 
munity? What would the grand jury 
say? Shall we furnish the Devil with 
a cloak for his sin? "Who broke the 
glass?" Have we a right to enquire? 
a right to know? Which right takes 



20 THE OTHER FELLOW 

precedence, the owner's, or the offend- 
er's? These profound problems begin 
in boyhood. They linger in manhood. 
They are worth settling. "Who broke 
the glass?" The manly boy will volun- 
tarily confess before going home. That 
settles itl 



CHAPTER II 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN THE CLASS 
Boys do not stay in the home. Hard 
by the home is the school. The home 
and the school shake hands. They have 
much work in common. Often they see 
things reversed, however. The fellow 
who stands "head" in the home, often 
stands "foot" in the school. The home 
and the school don't always classify 
alike. In the home a boy may be named 
"Only;" in the school he'll have "the 
other fellow" to reckon with. It's one 
thing to stand "head" in a class of one; 
quite another to stand "head" in a class 
of one hundred. 

Where one is dull, "the other fellow" 

is brilliant. Nature does not treat all 

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22 THE OTHER FELLOW 

alike. She is both partial and whimsical. 
That's her business — it's ours to face 
the facts. The more partial nature is, 
the harder one must work to overcome 
her handicaps. What's lacking in brains 
may be overcome by strains. Your hard 
time today matches the other fellow's 
hard time tomorrow. He "skins;" you 
don't; he skims, therefore you won't. 
He skips, you stay; he fails, you succeed. 
Sometimes "the other fellow" enters 
school from the country. He wears 
jeans breeches and brogans. His shirt is 
home-made. His socks are knitted of 
home-spun yarn. He is ugly and awk- 
ward. His face is freckled; his nose is 
bowed, and his hair is disheveled. He's 
a sight! Boys smile at him. Girls shy 
at him. He's boycotted. He's isolated 
and insulated. He has plenty of time 
for study. Unpopular with the crowd, 



THE OTHER FELLOW 23 

his books become popular with him, and 
he gains favor with his professors. Soon 
this "other fellow" passes all the lesser 
fellows in going "from foot to head of 
the class!" "He laughs best who laughs 
last." The tables turn. The icicles 
melt. The insulation cracks. The boy- 
cotted becomes the boy-coddled. Fame 
comes out of infamy. 

School success paves the way for busi- 
ness success. The hard knocks of yester- 
day help untie the hard knots of today. 
Softlings go down before "the other 
fellow" now. He is once more passing 
the funning fellows! Now they are 
seeking his favor. Now they come for 
positions. Now they would borrow his 
money. There are always fellows, just 
everyday, ordinary fellows, ready to 
poke fun at "the other fellow," but let 



24 THE OTHER FELLOW 

them beware! It is not always possible 
to foretell the fate of that other fellow! 

Often "the other fellow" brings with 
him from the country to the town school 
his religion. Then he's the "parson!" 
He's a "goody-goody sissie," and his 
old sunbonnet Christian mother's reli- 
gion is laughed at. But watch him. If 
he's sincere; if it's a genuine case; if he 
prays to his mother's God, this "other 
fellow," unlike those fellows who make 
light of his religion, has a secret source 
of strength. In the time of need he'll 
draw on it. It will stand him well in 
hand. Nor will such a young man, 
under any consideration, ignore his sun- 
bonnet mother. He will stand by her — 
ignorance, tackiness, awkwardness and 
all. And that's a man — a real man! 

When "the other fellow" is the school 
teacher himself, thereby hangs another 



THE OTHER FELLOW 25 

tale. Much character-building work the 
home should do, the teacher must do. 
Discipline in the home saves chastise- 
ment in the school. Proper home train- 
ing tells its tale in the schoolroom. 

To our shame be it said that school 
teachers are the most overworked and 
underpaid of all our high-class work- 
men. Their work is both delicate and 
difficult. A horse trainer is far better 
paid. A blacksmith makes more money. 
Even if many teachers do teach to fill 
in, who can censure them? If many 
marry the first good chance they get, 
who can blame them? They are not 
duly appreciated. Their work is not 
supported and encouraged by parents as 
it should be. They are seldom enter- 
tained in homes by parents as they should 
be. They receive far too little com- 
mendation. Nor are they supported in 



26 THE OTHER FELLOW 

their discipline as they deserve to be. 
If it is the other fellow's boy who 
gets the flogging, "he deserved it;" but 
if it is your boy, notify the teacher you 
will flog him on sight! Do that and 
you will practically close your son's 
school career. Only when the home 
stands by the school can the school give 
the home its best help. 



CHAPTER III 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN SOCIETY 
You will always find him. He is in 
the backwoods where "Virginia reels" 
are danced, and the "pigeon wing" is cut. 
He is in the village where "parties" and 
"socials" abound. He is in the city where 
gilded halls are brilliantly lighted, and 
giddy guests are delighted. The ever-in- 
evidence, the always-ubiquitous "other 
fellow" is in society! 

In boyhood you have your first intro- 
duction to this "other fellow." He's in 
hiding; you're confiding. It crops out — 
there's another fellow! She admits it. 
You can now no longer doubt it. The 
wound seems deep and awful. Life ap- 
pears stale and poky. Sugar is no longer 

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28 THE OTHER FELLOW 

sweet. Violets are no longer blue. His 
verdict: "All women are treacherous." 
Trust nobody! Not even yourself. 

Sometimes "the other fellow" has only 
an even start. But he's more witty. Or 
he sings a ditty. Or he's more handsome. 
Or he has more money. Or he's a scholar 
beyond you. Or he's a gentleman around 
you — or something else superior. 

Then how you study him! Or how 
you will muddy him. Else you'll "fix" 
him. Perhaps you'll just mix him — any- 
thing, everything, since so many things 
are fair in love and war. 

But what's the use? Just keep cool. 
All things come to him who keeps cool. 
Don't flutter. Never mutter. Grip your 
nerve. Never swerve. "Faint heart 
ne'er won fair lady." "All's well that 
ends well." Women are puzzles. Few 
men solve them. Many dissolve them. 



THE OTHER FELLOW 29 

Better resolve them. Hold on. Keep 
it up. She's watching. Her note book's 
filling up. She strikes the balance — in 
your favor, if you are near enough! The 
fellow hard-by always holds the ad- 
vantage. Out of sight out of might. 

But all the time keep your eyes on 
"the other fellow." You can't tell who 
he is; nor where he is; nor when he is 
going to Bob Up, or Bill Down. She 
was charming — strangely so. Her face 
was gracefully chiseled. Her figure was 
trim and neat. Her eyes were pleasing 
and pulling. Her lips were red and 
ripe. She used all her charms to charm- 
ing advantage. She won. Then he 
groaned. "The other fellow" heard his 
deep love-sighs. (True love always 
hurts its victim.) His friend, "the other 
fellow," enquired. He confided. His 
friend sympathized (?) smilingly. He 



30 THE OTHER FELLOW 

wondered; but why? He had blundered! 
The friend (?) said, "I addressed her 
last night; she accepted. Be my best 
man!" Moral: Watch "the other fel- 
low" when you go "courting." It may 
be another Miles Standish case. 

Seven men met another fair maiden. 
Seven admired her. Seven told her so. 
It was hard to decide. She hesitated 
and vacillated. Then she migrated — 
to California. Seven letters — wooing 
letters, cooing letters, followed her. 
Then "the other fellow" traversed the 
continent. Each to the other was a non- 
entity. But they met. Then they sat — 
tete-a-tete. She blushed; he pushed — 
his suit. O wonder of wonders! Who 
could believe it? "The other fellow," 
near, outwooed and outwon seven afar! 
And a preacher "to boot!" 



THE OTHER FELLOW 31 

The ways of a woman, and the ways 
of "the other fellow" — who can tell? 
But she had a reason — women always 
do, if it is only, "because." He WAS 
pure! Most women think more of 
pursity than of purity. Many of them 
boast of enjoying "sporty men." Too 
often it's the wild man who sets a woman 
"wild." But there's always the infernal, 
vernal and eternal "wild oats" reaping! 
Big harvest these days — and women to 
blame. Bless them, they hold the KEY 
to the situation. They can make or mar 
men — they do both. The men know it, 
the women ought to see it. Will they? 



CHAPTER IV 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN BUSINESS 
Business ethics — the thing to be! 
"Every fellow for himself, and the devil 
for us all," is the modern motto. For 
the "golden rule" a rule of steal. Undo 
"the other fellow" before he can "do" 
you. Run up his price, run down his 
wares. Competition is the lie of trade. 
Center around self. Submerge "the 
other fellow." Sly slings will do it. 
Underhand thrusts work well. Beware 
of open and overboard tactics! "Business 
is business," even when it is bleeding 
business. Dishonesty is the best pullacy. 
Go after the one thing. Get it at any 
cost. Crown cash over character. Win 

wealth of cash even if you lose wealth 
32 



THE OTHER FELLOW 33 

of character. Gain a fortune though 
you lose your family. "The other fel- 
low" is not always your competitor — he 
may be your son. What shall it profit 
a man to gain the whole world and lose 
his own son? Or what shall a man give 
in exchange for his son? 

The big fortune was made. The son 
was educated — superficially. He knew 
no profession, nor had he a trade. He 
did not need to work. He grew tired of 
eating, drinking and spending. He 
yawned, stretched, pined and grieved 
for something to do. Later he was 
missing. Leaving the beautiful city of 
Denver, he had moved to the wilds of 
Montana. He there turned "cowboy." 
A cattle camp preferred to a city man- 
sion! Watch still more carefully and 
more closely "the other fellow" — when 
he is your own son. 



34 THE OTHER FELLOW 

Another fortune was made. The 
maker was still young. But he looked 
old. He felt tired. He was sick. With 
a quarter of a million to his credit, the 
golden cord was broken. The funeral 
was fine. The flowers cost a small 
fortune. The friends gathered from far 
and near. Soon all was over. The days 
of mourning passed. Now what? Then 
began the output of a great input. An 
ocean voyage was arranged and realized. 
Money makes "a merry widow!" "Nice 
men" are plentiful (?). Many are 
leisurely looking for loose filthy lucre. 
It advertises itself outside the papers. 
So, "the other fellow" appeared on the 
scene. At first the new papa was inter- 
esting. Later there was a family tragedy. 
Peace in the home demanded partiality 
— towards papa. Poor children! "The 
other fellow" did it. O, the foolish 



THE OTHER FELLOW 35 

father! Why not his business placed in 
other hands voluntarily and sooner? 
Why not his money take him to Europe? 
Why should he gather for "the other 
fellow" to scatter? Why should business 
bring banishment; and banishment bring 
a burial? More rest, and less unrest. 
Less money and more "spoony!" Less 
folly and more family. More fellow 
and less of "the other fellow!" 

Business and pleasure go together — in 
proper proportions. Money is made for 
man — to spend. Hoarded gain is har- 
bored pain. When money rules the man 
is ruined. Let silver serve its sovereign 
head. Let man master his money. Cash 
should not be King. Give Character the 
scepter. That'll beat the millionaire 
reign. " r Tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis 
'tis true," that Cash, not Character, is 
King today. 



36 THE OTHER FELLOW 



OLD KING CASH 

Old King Cash sits on his throne, 
And rules the world he calls his own; 
A tyrant bold with crown of gold, 
On ev'ryone he has a hold. 

Old King Cash rules with the lash, 
His sceptre sways and there's a crash 1 
The cruel thing! he has no heart — 
His victims fall in ev'ry mart. 

Old King Cash with tyrant air, 
Sways his sceptre everywhere. 
Old King Cash— he has "a pull," 
And rules "on 'change" both "bear" and 
"bull." 

Old King Cash — he deals in slime, 
And thrives the best in golden grime. 
His trade-mark is a dollar bill, 
And tainted bills his coffers fill. 



CHAPER V 

THE OTHER FELLOW ON THE TRAIN 
Trains have come to stay. Others did 
not feel the need of them. We could 
not do without them. They make our 
business. They shape our society. They 
serve our churches. They are the essen- 
tial servants of the public. Fellows, odd 
fellows, old fellows, the other fellows 
— all fellows ride them. Some fellows 
deride them. But watch all the fel- 
lows how they enter. Then watch 
them disembark. Breakneck pushing; 
crowding and rushing! Each fellow 
ignoring "the other fellow." Even 
women brushed aside by boors and 
buffoons. No need for the New York 

subway slogan, "Step lively." They do 

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38 THE OTHER FELLOW 

it, one and all. Grip grinds against grip. 
Knees knock against knees. Shoulders 
scrape against shoulders. Men jostle 
against men, and women pile pellmell 
against each other. "The other fellow" 
has now been eliminated. On or off — 
makes no difference. Rush! That's the 
word. Push "the other fellow" along — 
that's the plan. "Passengers take their 
time," has no effect. It falls on deaf 
ears. They MUST hurry. There's a fire, 
or a funeral, or a marriage, or a bargain 
sale, or a policeman, or a tax-collector — 
something ahead, or behind, or beside, 
or somewhere. Something of an attrac- 
tion, or detraction, or distraction — any- 
way, it's ACTION! "The other fellow" 
is now worse than eliminated — he's 
annihilated! 

Once on board, a mania for expan- 
sion seizes the passengers. They are 



THE OTHER FELLOW 39 

spreading themselves. It takes four 
seats for one person! Another station 
is reached. Other passengers rush and 
push and crowd and crash and cram 
and jam just as these aboard did before 
them. At last they are inside. "Seats 
all taken!" They see it writ large on all 
faces. But on they come, sighing, swell- 
ing, swearing, frowning, fussing, fuming. 
On all the seats they pass are limbs and 
legs, bags and baggage, boxes and band- 
boxes, bird cages and poodle pups. "Is 
this seat taken?" "Don't you see it is, 
sir?" "May I occupy this seat with you, 
madam?" "I guess so," reluctantly. 
"Pardon me, the car is crowded, so I 
must ask to turn this seat for the ladies." 
Daggers and dog-on-yous, hatred and 
hades, maledictions and murders, boil- 
ing and blistering at you ! Throw up the 
red flag! (Danger signal.) You have 



40 THE OTHER FELLOW 

disturbed the peace: call for the officer 
of the law at the next station ! 

At last all are seated and settled. Still 
they spread out. And these same who 
lambasted "the other fellow" just now, 
follow suit to become the butts of de- 
nunciation and execration, excoriation 
and castigation of newcomers. O, to 
see ourselves as others see us! Are YOU 
guilty? Can you see yourself in "the 
other fellow?" 

The car window is now raised, though 
the day is chilly. The big, brawny, hot- 
blooded "bud" from the backwoods is 
ventilating himself. Often the offender 
is a warm-natured woman, thick-skinned, 
thinly clad. But it's all the same — the 
window is up, much up. And it stays 
up. You shiver, you quiver, you mutter. 
You look around at the offender. You 
frown. You try mental suggestion. You 



THE OTHER FELLOW 41 

then stare the offender square in the face. 
Mentally you discuss the situation. Then 
you all but inwardly "cuss." Will it 
never come down? Will that hot- 
blooded boor never cool off? Must 
everybody in the car take cold, or more 
cold, or a new cold, or a deep cold, or 
their death ot cold, or at least some cold, 
while that self-centered for-get-me-not 
gazes listlessly out the window, gulping 
down gallons of fresh air, and adminis- 
ters to unwilling passengers uncalled-for 
ventilation, reducing the temperature to 
the low degree of a high-power re- 
frigerator? 

Now it grows dark. The chair car is 
full, because purses are so near empty — 
possibly because some are short on gen- 
erous self-care. The porter turns down 
the lights. Many are soon sleeping. But 
two are talking. The man has a bumble- 



42 THE OTHER FELLOW 

bee-in-the-jug voice. The woman's 
shrill, piping voice furnishes a striking 
contrast. They say nothing, but they 
make a great noise. Sleep is wooed by 
many, but not won. One passenger 
grows nervous. Another awakes, the 
buzzing sound is so distinct and domi- 
nant. All open eyes are now, about mid- 
night, turned on the consequential couple. 
They are pleased that their wise (?) 
remarks are attracting attention. Feel- 
ing complimented, they talk the louder. 
Yet they say no more than before. Will 
it never once occur to them that "the 
other fellow" wants to sleep? that he is 
entitled to it? that he has paid for it? 
that the car does not belong to them? 
that they are monopolizing the night? 
By the way, why should not the railroad 
commissions arise in their might and 
prescribe common-sense regulations to 



THE OTHER FELLOW 43 

prevent non-sense precluding sleep in a 
chair car? This hint from the passenger's 
standpoint may be worth while. 

Back in the sleeping car berths have 
been made down. Passengers have re- 
tired. Many are now sleeping soundly. 
One berth has been reserved ahead. A 
big, brawny, beefy man enters the car 
and claims it. Across the aisle from him 
there is a baby. That baby is restless, 
sleepless, comfortless. It whines, it 
whimpers, it cries outright. The big 
man twists and turns, contorts and ca- 
vorts. The child's crying subsides but 
to break out afresh. The beefy fellow 
can stand it no longer. He pokes his 
bulky blockhead out from between part- 
ing curtains, and commands, "If you 
can't make that baby hush up, take it 
out. Passengers pay enough for the 
privilege of sleeping to get it." A calm, 



44 THE OTHER FELLOW 

subdued, and well-disciplined voice re- 
plies, "My friend, I'm sorry for the dis- 
turbance, but this babe's mother is a 
corpse in the baggage car ahead, and 
for two sleepless days and nights I have 
been trying to play the mother's part as 
best I can." 

It was a heavy, coarse, muffled voice, 
full of tenderness and sympathy, which 
replied, "I beg your pardon, sir," and 
soon the big man was dressed, and again 
sticking his bulky head in between cur- 
tains — the other fellow's curtains, he 
said, with a mellow, musical voice, "For- 
give me, my friend, and give me that 
baby while you sleep." The bargain was 
hard to drive, but was driven, and soon 
the big man, now showing his big heart, 
held a motherless babe close in his tender 
arms, and he steadily walked the aisles 
the whole night through, while the 



THE OTHER FELLOW 45 

worn-out father slept and snored, and 
the ponderous Mallet engine of the 
California Limited puffed and snorted, 
whistled and wheezed and whirled 
through the air, making sixty miles an 
hour, from San Francisco to Chicago. 
Ah, if we only knew! Could we only 
stand for a second in the other fellow's 
shoes! 

Now step into the cafe car. Take 
your seat and study the menu. There's 
nothing low down about, unless it be the 
final "tip." And that's just the point. 
Here's a wealthy business man. His 
meal has cost him $2.50. He leaves 
twenty- five cents in change for the 
waiter. Others are leaving their "tips," 
some twenty, some fifteen, some ten, a 
few only five cents, but all some cents. 
But what will you leave? How many 
thousands follow "the other fellow," do- 



46 THE OTHER FELLOW 

ing as he does, without strength of char- 
acter to act independently! The average 
person "tips" the waiter, willingly or 
unwillingly, able or unable, because it's 
the custom. How refreshing to find a 
few independents, acting as they feel or 
know they should, not as they feel they 
must, to keep up with the other fel- 
low's pace! 



CHAPTER VI 

THE OTHER FELLOW UNDER BURDENS 

We all have them — burdens. Perhaps 
three-fourths of our burdens are real, 
the others imaginary. But it is all the 
same in effect. So all the world is 
burdened — in fact or in feeling. Walk 
down the street; pass by the pressing 
throng. Catch the jokes; mark the 
smiles; note the laughter. But the bur- 
dens are there. Man may want but little 
here below — but he wants it. When an 
American wants he wants. He does 
nothing tamely, not even his wanting. 
In his wanting, as in other things, he's 
vigorous and vehement. With him it's 
passionate wanting. It's desperate striv- 
ing after his wants. Get it at any cost. 

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48 THE OTHER FELLOW 

Hence indigestion; hence nervousness; 
hence insomnia; hence Americanitis ; 
hence suicide. It's an exchange of bur- 
dens — that's all 

Passing the street we gaze into the 
massive mansions and princely palaces. 
What care can canker there? What bur- 
dens can embarrass that household? 
What comfort and peace must preside 
there! But, alas, we know not. "The 
other fellow" does. Each heart knows 
best its own bitterness. Not all is 
gold that glitters. A gilded wall may 
hold a guilty soul. A skeleton may skulk 
in the closet. Enter; reconsider; recant. 
There are burden's everywhere — even in 
palatial homes. The tramp has no 
monopoly on misery. The hobo has no 
"corner" on care. The bum is not the 
only burdenbearer. "Thou shalt not 
covet thy neighbor's house," is another 



THE OTHER FELLOW 49 

way of saying, "Thou shalt not beg thy 
neighbor's burdens." "Man never is, 
but always to be blessed" — because he 
has no sense! "Let well enough alone." 
The middle words make the crux. Be 
sure of them. There are conditions that 
should be changed? There are burdens 
that should be exchanged? Make sure 
of the "well enough" — let it alone. 

The three-fourths are unhappy be- 
cause they know they haven't. The other 
fourth, the other fellows, are unhappy 
because they don't know they have. Few 
rich men admit their riches. People 
who live in palaces tire of delicacies. 
They, too, are bored. A satisfied want 
dies, like a grain of corn, in producing 
others. The more you have the more 
you want. One thing calls for another 
thing. Be sure that you are too wise to 
envy "the other fellow." Hamlet-like, 



50 THE OTHER FELLOW 

it may be better to put up with present 
ills, rather than to seek others you know 
not of. Blessedness, another name for 
happiness, is in the heart. It does not 
hang on walls. You can't spread it on 
floors. It can't be painted on canvas. 
It won't be bound in traveling bags and 
baggage. You can't contain it in a pass 
book, nor get it from a check book. You 
can't wear it on your back, nor carry it 
in your stomach. It does not live in 
"jobs," nor grow in "positions." It is 
not a thing of sight, nor a matter of 
might. It makes its nest in the heart, 
and there it hatches its blessed brood. 
When the heart is heavy, the life is bur- 
dened. When the heart is light, the life 
is bright. Get your heart right, and 
clean and sweet, and you won't envy "the 
other fellow." A right heart sets all else 



THE OTHER FELLOW 51 

aright. Get rid of your burdens by get- 
ting rid of your wrongs. 

But burdens warp, and twist and con- 
tort. Burdened men are rarely normal. 
When burdens become so heavy as to 
hardly be endured, a fellow acts funny! 
Make allowance for him. Here he 
comes to the counter. He has six dol- 
lars. His wife has sent him for seven 
dollars' worth of wares. He's fairly well 
dressed. You size him up as a gentle- 
man. So he is — in mind, but not in 
money. He "prices" things. He stickles 
for pennies. You are disgusted. You 
have no patience with his penuriousness. 
You are glad when he is gone. You do 
not understand "the other fellow." You 
have no wife and children. You have 
no rent to pay, nor coal bill, nor groc- 
eries, nor lights, nor water. You rode 
half a mile in a dry car. He walked a 



52 THE OTHER FELLOW 

mile in the rain. Your salary enables 
you to eat a square meal ; this man was 
laid off a week, and now knows the 
pangs of hunger. You have no one for 
whom to sacrifice and save; this man 
shows his heroism by silently suffering 
that six dollars may buy seven dollars' 
worth of wares. The fellow behind the 
counter is one fellow — before the coun- 
ter stand's "the other fellow." It's one 
thing to stand; it's another thing to 
understand. Men may stand very near 
to each other and never understand one 
another. It's usually most difficult for 
one fellow to understand "the other fel- 
low." Here's our need — to know the 
one the other; to count each one a 
brother. Human sympathy! To feel 
for "the other fellow!" That's it. Talk 
about heaven— there can be none any- 



THE OTHER FELLOW 53 

where without this. "Bear ye one an- 
other's burdens." 

After all, would I do any better? 
Place me in the shoes of "the other fel- 
low." Let me grapple and grip his 
problems, and would I beat it? It's 
one thing to stand by and look on. It's 
altogether different to take hold and 
tackle the job yourself. 

It's a striking paradox. You will find 
it hard to believe. But nevertheless it 
is true: We lose our burdens by shar- 
ing the other fellow's. Perhaps partly 
because we, for the time, lose sight of 
our own. Maybe because of a subtle 
selfishness in the consciousness that we 
have wrought better than another. Or 
can it be the lingering remnant of 
divinity still lurking in our sin-scarred 
humanity? Who will say — philosopher, 
preacher, pedagog? Anyway the fact is 



54 THE OTHER FELLOW 

stated : we help ourselves by helping our 
burdened brother. Then we help two 
at a time. It's a sort of double blessing. 
Being blessed we bless, and blessing we 
are blessed — there it is; try it for your- 
self. You have tried long enough cluster- 
ing your blessings around yourself. See 
how the world changes; how all grows 
brighter; how everything looks better, 
is better, when you become a radiating 
center. It's more blessed to send out to 
"the other fellow" than to center all on 
self. Every man is either a centre of 
contribution, or else a center of distribu- 
tion. 

But, with burdens off, what then? Is 
it always best so? We may envy "the 
other fellow" who seems to be burden- 
less. But suppose he is. Is he worth as 
much to the world without burdens as 
with them? Do not burdens call for 



THE OTHER FELLOW 55 

thought, and thought for action, and 
action for judgment, and judgment for 
character? What is a man worth with- 
out character? Is he not an undesirable 
dummy? Is he not a doless thing of 
living death? "Pilots gain their reputa- 
tion from storms and tempests." Heroes 
are made in bloody battles, or in deadly 
dangers, or trying tragedies. Which is 
better, to be burdenless and character- 
less, or to bear the cross and wear the 
crown? The burdenless sons of the rich 
fail; the thorn-pressed brow of the back- 
woods boy wears the crown of success. 
This is the law. Wise men heed it, fools 
pass it by and are punished. Nature 
never rewards idleness. Only woes await 
the ease-taker. There's no work so hard 
as "no work." 

We wear burdens that we may share 
burdens. Fellowship comes from com- 



56 THE OTHER FELLOW 

mon ownership. Sympathy is based 
upon identity of experience. There is 
a great brotherhood of burdenbearers. 
Humanity is a body: when one member 
is burdened, all should suffer. 



CHAPTER VII 

THE OTHER FELLOW BEHIND THE BARS 
It is so easy, and so natural, and so 
general to say, "He ought to be there; 
he deserves it; let him take his medi- 
cine." Admit that it is true — all of it. 
But how did it happen? "The other 
fellow" brought it about. If there had 
been a less efficient sheriff; had other 
lawyers been on the other side; had a 
different jury been selected ; had another 
judge presided — then what? Well, who 
can say? Probably the verdict had been 
altogether different. Our courts of (in) 
justice often seem most circumstantial. 
When the accidental does not rule, the 
technical reigns. When neither, there's 

bribery, maybe. So many elements 

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58 THE OTHER FELLOW 

enter. It's really unpleasant to enu- 
merate them. It is equally distasteful to 
recount them. It's quite unprofitable to 
rebuke them. Let it pass. The poor 
fellow certainly got there — behind the 
bars. Perhaps it's true, too true, that he 
deserves to be there. 

But what about the other fellows? 
Are all the bad men behind the bars? 
You know, and you know you know, the 
right answer — "There are others." They 
have been too smooth. Their tricks have 
been too slick. They used their brains 
to beat the bars. So far they have suc- 
ceeded. They may to the end. And 
their clandestine clan is numerous. They 
walk the streets with you. They wait on 
you in the offices and stores. They 
handle your lawsuits. They prescribe 
and weigh out your medicines. They 
even preach the gospel to you. They 



THE OTHER FELLOW 59 

know you when you do not recognize 
them. May not the recognition of these 
facts account for the zeal of a Jerry 
McAuley, the fervor of a Harry Mon- 
roe, the enthusiasm of a Mel Trotter, 
the investments ..of a Crittenden, the 
humanity of a McClurken, the sympathy 
of a Dudley? 

There are three classes : the fellows on 
the inside of the bars who ought to be 
there; the fellows on the outside of the 
bars who ought not to be there; and the 
fellows on the outside of the bars who 
ought to be there. Who can say the pro- 
portion of the three classes? Then there 
are three things to be said about these 
three classes: Let the fellow on the 
inside be good and get out. Let the fel- 
low on the outside get good and stay 
out; let "the other fellow" on the out- 
side stay good and "watch out!" 



CHAPTER VIII 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN CHURCH 
This is not meant for a preachment. 
It is not intended to sound sermony. But 
when "the other fellow" goes to church, 
as sometimes he does, how can this chap- 
ter be omitted? We, all of us, are inter- 
ested in church some way, some time, to 
some extent. Some because they were 
born there — the second time. Others 
because they were wed there. Others 
because they learn life there. Most 
others because they will be crowned 
there — with floral bouquets and funeral 
blarney. It's so easy to be good at a 
funeral! the corpse, not only, but the 

preacher and the people. Had some- 
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THE OTHER FELLOW 61 

body lent a little more kindness sooner, 
they might not need to relent thus later. 

We wear our Sunday clothes to church 
and weave our Sunday schemes. Many 
a Monday success was conceived Sunday 
— at church! 

"The other fellow" in the pulpit often 
provokes thought even when he fails to 
present it. A poor sermon sometimes 
suggests how much easier a better one 
might have been hatched from the same 
text. The "parson" lives a different life 
from "the other fellow" to whom he 
preaches. How easy, then, to preach a 
one-sided sermon. To preach a proper 
sermon to "the other fellow," the 
preacher should know the other fel- 
low's life. The only way to really 
know it is to live it. Few men go to 
church today, because they hear so few 
men's sermons. The best of men need 



62 THE OTHER FELLOW 

help. The worst of men want help. 
They will welcome it. If the man in 
the pulpit can help the man in the pew, 
there'll be no lack of opportunity. 
People gaze about in church because 
they're given too little to grip their atten- 
tion. The people expect the pulpit to 
provide for the soul. The body and 
mind are to be cared for elsewhere. But 
the pew is practical. It needs and asks 
direct treatment. Moonshine and mush- 
rooms are poor pew food. Man's biggest 
problem is LIFE. Can the pulpit throw 
LIGHT on LIFE? Man is easily conscious 
of a moral nature. He knows that nature 
must be fed and sustained. He refuses 
all food not adapted to those ends. "The 
other fellow," taken in his sane, normal 
moments, is the better judge. Most of 
our ministers need to cultivate and 



THE OTHER FELLOW 63 

get better acquainted with "the other 
fellow." 

When "the other fellow" than the com- 
municant goes to church he necessarily 
sees some things demanding explanation. 
He wonders why worshippers of the 
Living God should "rubber-neck." To 
him this is disrespect shown the Creator 
by the creature. He also marvels that 
Christians should occupy pew-ends, and 
force strangers and the unsaved past 
protruding knees, in painful proximity 
thereto. Are not churchmen playing the 
host? Should not politeness be at its 
best in the House of God? Why not 
give "the other fellow" the best seat — 
the pew-end? Could not he appreciate 
it fully as much as you? Would not he 
grace it equally well? Sometimes selfish- 
ness takes a seat in church — it may be 
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64 THE OTHER FELLOW 

And watch that "collection" plate 
pass. Count its coins. Note the num- 
ber of buttons: brass buttons, battered 
buttons, horn buttons, and pewter but- 
tons. Learn the philosophy of those 
button offerings. Making a church 
offering is very much like "tipping" the 
waiter — it's the custom. It is one of the 
many things done to be seen of men. If 
"the other fellow" puts in, this fellow 
must also put in, if only a brazen, bat- 
tered button. What monkeys we mortals 
be! But better pay apishly than never 
pay — you may get the habit. However, 
better never "button" yourself to the col- 
lection plate. You may deceive thus 
"the other fellow" by your side, but 
never the Lord. God is better pleased 
with one penny paid in the right spirit, 
than with a generous offering made to 
be seen of men. 



THE OTHER FELLOW 65 

There's another "other fellow" at 
church. You can't see him very well — 
he's hidden behind a hat! Surely some 
men never go to church because of huge 
hats and fine feathers. A man stands no 
chance where these pose before him. If 
only the women had split their hats in- 
stead of their skirts! Judgment Day 
excuse : "Lord, a woman's hat got in my 
way to heaven!" Saint Peter: "Truly 
that case calls for much clemency." 
Think what that hat stands for : foreign 
fashion; latest style; unconsecrated pride; 
unpardonable envy; uncalled-for ex- 
travagance; total eclipse; possible doom; 
eternal woe! A thing of beauty to annoy 
forever. 

It's a notable fact that one man com- 
plains at the preacher, while "the other 
fellow" pays him. The biggest grumbler 
is often the least giver. This principle 



66 THE OTHER FELLOW 

pervades the secular as well as the 
sacred. Did you ever try the other fel- 
low's job? What looks very easy to the 
onlooker is often far from so. When you 
get the other fellow's job he gets your 
sympathy. It's one thing to reprove, 
quite another thing to improve on "the 
other fellow." Would the preacher in 
the pew keep awake under his own ser- 
mons? Would the fellow from the pew 
fill the pulpit any better? Any fool can 
criticise: a wise man will sympathize. 

Fellows of a fashion flock together. 
The big churches in our great cities are 
fashionable. Pity "the other fellow" 
when he dares to enter there. Usually 
neither welcome nor notice is accorded 
him. Castes of India! Outcasts of 
America. The rich man's church is no 
place for a poor man's Christianity. 
Christianity is a great equalizer. 



THE OTHER FELLOW 67 

Churchanity is a great tantalizer. The 
man who goes to church wants to feel 
comfortable. He is there for consola- 
tion. Not one's clothes but one's char- 
acter needs saving. When both are 
shabby, so much the more need for 
church attendance. The church is not 
to be a Sunday club. Fine clothes 
should not be shown off in church. 
Should Christ come to church today 
unidentified, what welcome would he 
receive? Would not he welcome all 
classes to his house? 



CHAPTER IX 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN A TIGHT 
"Circumstances alter cases." A man 
is not always A MAN. The normal man 
misunderstands the abnormal man. 
Don't be too severe on "the other fel- 
low" until you know his circumstances. 
The man in a tight may not act right. 
Not every man who acts dishonestly is 
dishonest Often ugly action is the 
choice of the lesser evil. Weaker minds 
must exercise weaker judgment. The 
one talent man was held responsible for 
one talent, not for ten. All men get into 
tight places. The smaller the man the 
tighter the place, and the oftener he gets 
there. Strong men seldom sympathize 

with the weak. 
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THE OTHER FELLOW 69 

When we get in a tight place we look 
for help. When "the other fellow" is 
there, we are loath to give it Should 
we get in a tight place, we are "victims 
of environment." When "the other fel- 
low" gets there he is "a bad manager." 
When "the other fellow" gets in a tight 
place, "it serves him right." When we 
get there, "it is nothing short of an out- 
rage." When "the other fellow" gets 
in a tight, "it was due to carelessness." 
When we get there, "it was simply un- 
avoidable." When "the other fellow" 
gets in a tight place, "it was because of 
extravagant living." When we get 
there, "it is the result of poor collec- 
tions." When "the other fellow" gets 
in a tight place, "it is because he sold 
on a credit." When we get there, "it is 
because our capital was too small." 
When "the other fellow" fails to pay 



70 THE OTHER FELLOW 

his debts, "he is dishonest." When we 
fail to meet our obligations, "we are the 
victims of unavoidable misfortunes." 
In other words, we wrap the mantle of 
charity around ourselves, while we ex- 
pose "the other fellow" to scathing 
criticisms. 

"The other fellow" in a tight place 
may be showing his other self — his baser 
self. We, under normal conditions, 
should show our better self, and sympa- 
thize. All men have human claims on 
us — especially "the other fellow" in a 
tight place. "Put yourself in his place," 
is the wise old adage. Look from the 
other fellow's viewpoint. If you were 
in his shoes what would you expect of 
others? True interest in "the other fel- 
low" who *is in a tight place involves 
self-forgetfulness. The loss of self in 
the interest of others is essential to the 



THE OTHER FELLOW 71 

highest service and the truest happiness. 
Man's chief end is not to get, but to 
give — help. Another's need is the meas- 
ure of our responsibility, in the light of 
our ability. True service is expensive. 
"The other fellow" in a pinch seldom 
realizes what it has cost another to lend 
him a helping hand. 

Nothing succeeds like success. Pros- 
perous people are offered help when 
they don't need it. The rich ride on 
passes — poor people must pay the fare. 
It's the top dog that gets the pick, while 
the down dog gets a kick. 



72 THE OTHER FELLOW 

THE DIFFERENCE 

When a man is up, 
He's "a big bull pup;" 
When a man is down, 
He's "a mangy old houn\" 

When a man can lift, 
He's "a mighty fine shift;" 
When a man gets flat, 
He's "a dogged old cat." 

When a man is rich, 
He's given any niche; 
When a man gets poor, 
He's "a tramp at the door." 

When a man has friends, 
He's good for all ends; 
When a man needs help, 
He's "a stinkin' old whelp." 

When a man can pay, 
He's helped on his way; 
When a man gets "broke," 
He's a cast-off joke. 



CHAPTER X 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN POLITICS 

It's a modern mania — to enter politics. 
No matter about the calibre. In our 
day "the small fry" edge in some way. 
While the mania increases, the honor 
decreases. Big men begin to shy at the 
"pie." Disgraceful materials are being 
put into political moulds. Personal 
preference, whims, and caprices are 
inundating the polls. Old debts are 
being paid with vulgar votes. Self- 
respecting, high-class citizens are be- 
coming disgusted. Good men are mourn- 
ing in vain over vulpine officials. 

But there has been a reason — there 

always is. It had a start — continuance 

has been easy. Freedom of speech out- 

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74 THE OTHER FELLOW 

landishly abused was the cradle of 
craven politics. "The other fellow" 
was analyzed, scrutinized and anath- 
ematized. Nothing remained sacred. 
The smallest details of his life, private 
and public, were dug up, hung up and 
shot up! Faults were focalized upon. 
Defects were enlarged upon. Blunders 
were centered upon. Good names were 
tarnished. Honorable lives were filth- 
varnished. Sins were vilely garnished. 
Homes were made hells. Wives were 
driven all but insane. Children were 
deeply mortified. His friends became 
dissatisfied, while he himself was cruci- 
fied. No wonder "the other fellow" 
was ready to quit. No marvel that he 
"had enough of politics." Tongue- 
lashed from "the stump," castigated by 
the press, caricatured in libelous car- 



THE OTHER FELLOW 75 

toons, men who have honored the office 
left the office to honor the man. 

The little man got his inning. The 
great man stood by and deplored the 
state of affairs. The people dropped 
their heads for very shame. States-craft 
sickened and died, while impure politics 
lived and thrived. Today the best men 
can not afford to "run for office" — they 
run from it! That we have some "best 
men" in office is due to extreme pressure 
brought to bear upon them. It is vicari- 
ous sacrifice. Our best men still have 
political aspirations, but can't afford to 
indulge them. The price is too high, 
and the pay is too small. Good men 
can't deal dexterously in bad "dope." 
They are no match, therefore, for "the 
other fellow" in campaigning. They 
can't whip the devil with his own fire. 
The "mud-slinging" politician catches 



76 THE OTHER FELLOW 

the crowd. Meanness and shrewdness 
have met together and mated in him. 
The self-respecting Chesterfield stands 
no chance in a shysterfleld. When 
charged with crime the tinfoil politician 
puffs and bluffs, denies and defies. 
When credited with "graft," he gives it 
the "horse-laugh," and it dies. When 
reported as disreputable, he ingeniously 
replies with a joke! When hemmed in 
a corner, he slips out by turning scorner! 
All is fair in politics — "turn the 
rascals out!" "The other fellow" is 
lost sight of under the might of votes. 
Railroading and side-tracking and clock- 
stopping and brake-slamming are fine 
arts in modern politics. The average 
politician is a past-master in molly- 
coddling, bumfuzzling and filibustering. 
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THE OTHER FELLOW 77 

In politics one man's tweedledum is 
the other fellow's tweedledee. Each 
announces himself and denounces "the 
other fellow." Platforms are but plati- 
tudinous pledges to perform and reform. 
The outsiders scandalize the insiders, 
while the insiders vandalize as did the 
other fellows before them. Political 
ruts are deep and long. Reform lingers 
in the air above the heads of the "dear 
people" who patiently wait. The want- 
ins would make you look for the mil- 
lennium were they elected. When "the 
other fellow" gets in office he forgets to 
transform the country! 

The good "stump speaker" who 
catches the crowd carries the election. 
Sophistry outweighs philosophy with 
petty politicians and their supporters. 
The "hale fellow well met" who dotes 
on anecdotes can count on many votes. 



78 THE OTHER FELLOW 

Reason is relegated to the rear. Facts 
take flight and flee out of sight. The 
day of the other fellow's triumph .has 
come. The high-toned, cultured, digni- 
fied statesman is no match for the pro- 
fessional politician. Brains and ability 
suffer in competition with yarns and 
hilarity. The superficial shiner, winer 
and diner musters the masses. When 
presidential timber, growing in the 
senate, is felled by "filthy lucre," how 
can Washington and Jefferson slumber 
in their sepulchres? When the average 
politician is declared to be for sale, and 
politicians produce our laws of states 
and nation, what must be the future of 
our country? 



CHAPTER XI 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN THE WRONG 
Self-justification started in Eden — it 
has never stopped. Nothing seems more 
natural to mortals than to magnify "my 
way," and to minify the other fellow's 
way. It depends partly upon the view- 
point. From my viewpoint my way is 
right: from the other fellow's view- 
point his way is right. We can never 
do "the other fellow" justice until we 
take his place. Narrow people, human 
pygmies, never do it. Only the broad- 
gauged, big man of wide range in vision 
can see from the other fellow's view- 
point. Men breed feuds, and women 
"fall out" because they see from varying 

viewpoints. People- can always come 

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80 THE OTHER FELLOW 

together and settle their difficulties 
when they can "see alike." But the only 
way to see as "the other fellow" sees is 
to stand where "the other fellow" stands. 

Many features enter into the view- 
point. There is heredity; and there is 
training; and there is environment; and 
there is idiosyncrasy. The philosopher 
takes all into consideration. The fool 
considers only his own welfare. Wise 
men search for the why; fools vilify and 
decry. The man surest of right is often 
most sadly awry. 

Even when "the other fellow" is 
known to be wrong, certain deference 
is due him. To be wrong is of itself 
enough to call for compassion. The 
man in the right, absolutely, has the 
vantage-point — he can afford to be gen- 
erous. 



THE OTHER FELLOW 81 

But the world's way is to severely 
censure the wrongdoer. Since every 
man is wrong at some time, a fellow- 
feeling should make us wondrous kind. 
We watch the lower animals in their 
scrambles, even unto death, and marvel. 
But man is an animal, and like his lower 
kind "scraps" and scrambles. 

Finding "the other fellow" in the 
wrong, why not restore him? Left 
alone he descends the hill. Duly ap- 
proached, he is helped up. All men are 
bound together, even by the bonds of 
blundering. The ship that veers a hun- 
dred miles out of its course to give help 
to a sinking sister ship has shown the 
law. Our obligation is one which grows 
out of mutual dependency. The fellow 
in the right must help the fellow in the 
wrong. 



82 THE OTHER FELLOW 

GOOD FELLOWSHIP 

If a fellow meet a fellow, 
Blund'ring 'long the way, 
Will a fellow help a fellow, 
Lest he further stray? 

If a fellow meet a fellow, 
Doing something wrong, 
Will a fellow tell a fellow, 
Thus to make him strong? 

If a fellow meet a fellow, 
Living with a fault, 
Will a fellow call a fellow 
To a sudden halt? 

If a fellow meet a fellow, 
Tell him of his wrong, 
Will a fellow hate a fellow, 
Curse him to the throng? 



THE OTHER FELLOW 83 

But, what is wrong; who is wrong; 
and when is it wrong? Who shall say? 
The standpoint largely determines the 
stand one takes. Then all the facts — not 
some — must be known, else we may be 
wroag in declaring "the other fellow" 
wrong. So, naturally enough, the Great 
Teacher said, "Judge not, that ye be 
not judged. For with what judgment ye 
judge, ye shall be judged; and with 
what measure ye mete, it shall be meas- 
ured unto you." 



CHAPTER XII 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN TROUBLE 

All the world's in trouble. It has 
been so since Eden's tragedy. You can't 
always tell it. Surface smiles often 
smother deep distress. The face fre- 
quently tells a false tale on the heart. 
It's a fine art — this disguising grief by 
refined deceit! The end justifies the 
means, it is claimed. Each heart knows 
its own bitterness — "the other fellow" 
does not. There is a certain sacredness 
attached to each life. Always, even with 
the desperado, there is a life's "holy of 
holies." It should be so. The vulgar 
gaze of the curious crowd should not be 
turned on the soul's secrets. There are 
thoughts, there are words, there are 

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THE OTHER FELLOW 85 

deeds, there are soul-struggles far too 
sacred for "the other fellow" to share. 

But "the other fellow" has troubles 
of his own. In how many guises does 
he appear. Behold "the other fellow" 
in the person of the tramp. Alone, 
homeless, houseless, friendless, money- 
less, workless, tramping his way over the 
world. Who cares? Who speaks kindly? 
Who cheers him? Who holds out hope 
to him? Who wants to listen to his 
troubles? Yet here is a man, a mortal 
being. Born in God's image; created 
to fill a mission; existing in accordance 
with a plan — these are the marks of a 
man. Then he is our fellowman — our 
brother. Like some straying star he 
travels his variant course. But in him 
is the light of God's life. Through his 
occasional acts that light flashes forth in 
astonishing brilliancy. In a western city 



86 THE OTHER FELLOW 

such a forlorn "other fellow" entered 
the passenger station and took his seat 
with the crowd. Others chatted with 
friends — he sat alone. Others read the 
daily paper — he quietly meditated. Spy- 
ing a sheet of white paper on the floor, 
he reached for it. Drawing out of his 
vest pocket a pair of blunt-pointed scis- 
sors, he used them for five minutes so 
dextrously on that folded sheet, that the 
outcome was a piece of rare art. A 
massive tree, with spreading branches, 
two birds in the boughs, two squirrels, 
with gracefully curling tails, busily eat- 
ing their nuts; beneath two rabbits, and 
two perfectly formed stags, horns and 
all! Exquisite piece of paper art! A 
perfect counterpart of nature's own 
graceful forms. The unknown "hobo" 
watched the incoming train load with 
its outgoing passengers and turned to 



THE OTHER FELLOW 87 

once more take up his lonely tramp. 
The piece of art was flung to the floor 
with careless abandon. 

One bitter cold winter night there 
came a timid knock at a farmhouse door. 
A boy fairly in his teens answered it. 
"Invite the gentleman in," said his 
mother. The red-faced foreigner en- 
tered and bowed and blushed. His 
broken English could barely betray his 
need. Once thoroughly warm, with 
stomach well filled, he became more at 
ease and made himself more intelligible. 
That tramp spent years on that farm, 
and accumulated property, and grew 
into the affections of the family. 

A shrieking whistle failed to frighten 
a playing babe from between steel rails 
one day in the suburbs of Chicago. The 
engineer did not see the tiny life ab- 
sorbed in play. But a tramp in passing 



88 THE OTHER FELLOW 

quickly took in the situation. In fling- 
ing aside the little innocent he flung 
away his own life! Ah, that "other fel- 
low" — who knows his component parts, 
or his dormant powers? 

We censure the suicide while utterly 
ignorant of his "inside" facts. Dead 
troubles never kill; living ones do. 
What troubles one does not another. 
The amount of trouble this fellow can 
bear "the other fellow" can't. 

There are sundry ways of drowning 
trouble. One man laughs it off. An- 
other whistles it away. Still another 
descends to dissipation, while the fourth 
finds relief in "dope." But there is only 
one true and thoroughly successful way: 
"I will be with him in trouble." "Let 
not your heart be troubled; you believe 
in God, believe also in me," said Jesus. 
Trusting the Prince of Peace, you can 



THE OTHER FELLOW 89 

cast on him your every care, and just 
whistle along. 

JUST WHISTLE ALONG! 

When th' day is sad, and I feel bad, 

I just whistle a song; 
When th' rain pours down, and most 
folks frown, 

I just whistle along! 

When th' work is tough, and things go 
rough, 

I just whistle a song; 
When th ? pay is small, and Fve spent all, 

I just whistle along! 

When th' heart must ache, 'cause friends 
forsake, 

I just whistle a song; 
When black despair seems everywhere, 

I just whistle along! 



CHAPTER XIII 

THE OTHER FELLOW IN PROSPERITY 
It's an age-old query — why do some 
fail and others succeed? Why this un- 
evenness in human life? Why one man 
live in a mansion, while "the other fel- 
low" stays in a hut? Why has one man 
"money to burn," while "the other fel- 
low" must struggle money to earn? 
Why does one man have more than he 
can eat, while "the other fellow" must 
"cramp" on meat? Because "the other 
fellow" can't figure all this out, he'll 
puff and pout. Because of this inequal- 
ity there's an increase in criminality. 
Men are growing desperate over human 
disparity. Because God made "all men 

equal" In some sense some men clamor 
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THE OTHER FELLOW 91 

for equality in every sense. Nor do 
they stickle for levels. If they can't rise 
to the higher, they demand that "the 
other fellow" sink to their lower. The 
muttering goes on. day and night. Dis- 
content permeates the whole atmosphere. 
"Things in common," is the popular 
slogan of the day. Once so, who will 
pledge for it to stay so? Give every man 
so much land and so much money, and 
how long will it last? Within twelve 
months one man will possess more, "the 
other fellow" less. 

We need a new definition of prosper- 
ity. In our loose thinking we consider 
it only a matter of property and posses- 
sions. It is that, perhaps; it may be 
utterly different. When property can 
not buy peace, is it prosperity? When 
lands can't lay in love, is it prosperity? 



92 THE OTHER FELLOW 

When a big bank account can't clean the 
skeletons out, why call it prosperity? 

One man is busy building a fortune; 
"the other fellow" toils to construct 
clean, strong character — which has pros- 
pered? One man by doubtful means 
amasses a large estate; "the other fel- 
low" has health, friends, a good credit, 
the respect and esteem of his neighbors 
— which one has really prospered? 

But considering prosperity as general- 
ly accepted, is it not often due to condi- 
tions, or surroundings — matters wholly 
beyond human control? Then why heap 
crowns upon the head of the prosperous 
man? On the other hand, does not "the 
other fellow" often fail in the face of 
abundant energy and desperately earnest 
effort? May not a thoroughly good 
man exercise poor judgment? Do not 
the best people make mistakes? May 



THE OTHER FELLOW 93 

not one little unintentional blunder spoil 
every prospect of prosperity? In other 
words, is prosperity always and neces- 
sarily the product of brains and ability? 
Is it not true that all some men touch 
turns to money, While all "the other fel- 
low" attempts fails? Then why should 
we praise the one and censure the other? 
Why lionize the prosperous man and 
anathematize the prostrate fellow? 
May not the man who struggles and 
loses be entitled to higher honor than he 
who wins with little effort? 

And why should the one fellow who 
is "down and out" envy "the other fel- 
low" who is prospering in worldly pos- 
sessions? To gain another's prosperity 
one must take also the other's accessories. 
Before coveting the other fellow's 
annexations one had better take an in- 
ventory of his vexations. As every bee 



94 THE OTHER FELLOW 

has his sting, so every possession has its 
poison. If one wants Cleopatra's basket 
of roses, one must take Cleopatra's asp 
with it. "Contentment with godliness is 
great gain." "Fret not thyself because 
of him that prospereth in his way." 

SELLING ONE'S SELF 

There came one day to th' throne of 

God, 
A rich man's soul — assurance shod. 
His clothes were cut in the latest style, 
His face was wreathed in the blithest 

smile. 
The angels asked what brought him 

there 
Who'd lived his life without a prayer. 
The rich man pulled his fountain pen, 
To write his check for a billion yen. 

The angel sighed and shook his head; 
The rich man gasped, his face turned 

red. 
"We take no checks on th' banks of 

earth : 



THE OTHER FELLOW 95 

Such things up here are void of worth. 
The wealth we know is not in gold, 
Nor things of earth to which men hold; 
But simple faith in the living God, 
As Jesus taught when th' earth he trod." 

The man was loath to trust his ears, 
Yet showed his face the gravest fears. 
Had he spent life in toil and care, 
Without a God, without a prayer, 
To roll up wealth which now at last 
The angel spurned, however vast; 
'And must he see his long-loved gain 
Disdained of God as worthless, vain? 

E'en while he stood and looked amazed, 
His brain ablaze and all but crazed, 
The gate was closed before his face, 
The man debarred, in self-disgrace, 
Was forced to face the fate he bought 
When Self was King, and gold he 

sought, 
To find at last his bags of gold 
The paltry price at which he sold. 



CHAPTER XIV 

THE OTHER FELLOW'S OTHER SELF 
Dr. Jeykll and Mr. Hyde are realities. 
They are everyday dual personalities. 
No life is single. No one is always the 
same. The compass is unreliable at 
times — under certain conditions. Varia- 
tions must be reckoned with. Every life 
veers under certain influences. Men do 
not always show us the same side of 
themselves. All men are sometimes 
moody men. Even the jolly man jumps 
into the dumps at times. A cynic can 
smile — sometimes does smile. What 
monotony, were all men always MEN! 
The beast that's in us at times must whine 
at least — often it bawls! We can't be 
good all the time. No one can endure 

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THE OTHER FELLOW 97 

flogging forever. The flesh has its 
limitations. There are nerves which 
make themselves known. There are 
rights which claim their own. Even the 
bad in us is a part of us. There are 
times when the worst of us asserts itself. 
No grocer would be judged by a few 
rotten potatoes. No fellow wants to be 
known by his baser self — his other self. 
When a man's usual self is a good self, 
overlook his bad self. Nine-tenths of 
our frictions are with the baser — not the 
better self — of "the other fellow." Here 
is common ground: All selves are 
double selves, better and baser. Good 
self should not compare itself with bad 
self. But good self with good, and bad 
self with bad. Friction comes, and fac- 
tions are formed when good self con- 
demns bad self in a comparison. All 
men know of their double natures. All 



98 THE OTHER FELLOW 

men deplore the fact. There are normal 
moments when the worst men are good. 
There are abnormal times when the best 
men are bad. The world knows naught 
of self-struggles. Few get due credit 
for striving to subdue the baser self. 
The overcomers smile and shine. They 
have a right to. The undercomers weep 
and wail in bitterness of soul— in secret. 
Even deep gratitude is often unex- 
pressed. There are senses too tense, too 
tremendous, for utterance. There are 
emotions of regret, and feelings of re- 
morse, indefinable. So the world look- 
ing for expression, and finding none, 
condemns. We see only the outer self. 
The inner self, if ever seen, would be- 
come an outer. The close observer can 
"sense" it. To feel that "other self" — 
that unseen self — is intuition. Con- 
geniality is conditioned largely on this 



THE OTHER FELLOW 99 

power. The reserve self is often the 
better self of the two. Mothers say, 
"My child never shows off at his best in 
company !" There are others who make 
the most of the better self. 

So there's good in everybody — this 
self and the "other self." Even so, 
there's bad in everybody — the one self 
and the other. Therefore it becomes 
every self to be patient with every other 
self. The mantle of charity which this 
self would ask of that self should be 
thrown by the one self over the "other 
self." 

The common call is to "be yourself." 
But that's just what none of us should 
be. The natural self is a ruined self. 
Every natural self needs to be another 
self. The great change for the better is 
brought about by merging one's self into 
that Greatest Self. This is losing one's 



100 THE OTHER FELLOW 

self, to find another and better self — the 
LOST self finding itself— SAVED! (Mark 
8:35.) 

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, 
he is a new creature: old things are 
passed away; behold all things are be- 
come new." — Saint Paul. 



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Treatment Date: Dec. 2004 

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